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Falae may not appeal to Supreme Court

Meanwhile Nigeria's president-elect, Olusegun Obasanjo, said Wednesday that he had found "a huge stock of goodwill abroad" on the first leg of his trip to meet world leaders, news organisations reported. Obasanjo returned home on Tuesday, a day after a constitutional court dismissed a petition against his victory at February's presidential polls that had been filed by unsuccessful challenger Chief Olu Falae. "The Guardian' newspaper in Nigeria reported on Wednesday that no firm decision had been taken on whether Falae would appeal against the decision. His lawyers had hinted that Falae was reluctant to approach the Supreme Court, and had said they were "not sure" whether an appeal would be made, 'The Guardian' said.

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